![]() ![]() But that offensive scheme relies on at least the theory that he might throw the ball past 20 yards. Bress has thrown nearly 400 more completed passes than any quarterback ever. There’s a reason Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas set the all-time record for most receptions in a season (149) a years ago. ![]() He works the flats, he peppers the middle of the field. Lightning-fast delivery has always been part of Brees’s game. He averaged under four yards per pass completion. Backup quarterback Jameis Winston (exacting revenge on his old team) completed what was easily the Saints’ longest completion of the day - a 56-yard touchdown pass to Tre’Quan Smith. ![]() Similar to Brett Favre and Peyton Manning at the end of their careers, Brees simply couldn’t throw the ball down the field with adequate velocity and precision. The news brought an extra dose of clarity to the NFL’s divisional playoff weekend, when Brees and the Saints were eliminated by the Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You’d expect New Orleans Saints trainers and medical staff to have discovered that their franchise quarterback’s throwing shoulder was hanging on by just a few muscle fibers. ![]() That’s a startling scoop, especially considering Drew Brees was on the sidelines from Weeks 11-14 in order to heal from 11 cracked ribs and a collapsed lung. According to Brittany Brees, her husband played his entire 20th NFL season with a torn rotator cuff and ripped fascia in his foot. ![]()
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